Jozsef Heszlenyi

Jozsef Heszlenyi (24 July 1890-2 June 1945) was a Colonel-General from Hungary who commanded the Hungarian Third Army during World War II.

Biography
Jozsef Heszlenyi was born on 24 July 1890 in Iglo, Austria-Hungary (present-day Spisska Nova Ves, Slovakia), and he served in the Austro-Hungarian military during World War I. During World War II, he rose in rank to Colonel-General, and he was given command of the Hungarian Third Army, which fought on the eastern front against the Soviet Union. He commanded Hungarian troops until the end of the war, and he was captured by US Army troops on 8 May 1945 after the surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allied Powers. Heszlenyi decided to kill himself by cutting his wrists rather than be handed over to the Soviets.